Nicole Kidman left feeling humiliated in 'torn underwear' on Big Little Lies set

Nicole Kidman's Big Little Lies scenes were so heavy and intense, that she was once left on set "humiliated" wearing half-torn underwear.

Playing Celeste, a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband Perry (Alexander Skarsgard), took an emotional toll on the 50-year-old.

"I felt very exposed and vulnerable and deeply humiliated at times," Nicole told W Magazine. "I mean, I remember lying on the floor in the bathroom at the very end when we were doing the scenes in episode 7, and I was lying on the floor and I just wouldn't get up in-between takes."

The episode saw the actress film scenes with Alexander that involved him wrapping his hands around her neck, and punching her in the stomach.

"I was just lying there, sort of broken and crying," she explained. "I remember at one point [director] Jean-Marc coming over and just sort of placing a towel over me because I was just lying there in half-torn underwear and just basically on the ground with nothing on and I was just, like [gasps]."

The Beguiled star also felt she and Celeste were feeling "parallel" emotions.

"When I would go home, I would feel ashamed," she said, "and that's the same emotions and the same feelings that Celeste was having, so we were very much parallel in the feelings."